Grain-drill.



L. B. RUBY.

GRAIN DRILL.

APPLIOATIOK nun JAN. 2, 1907.

Patented 0ct.12,1909.

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L. E. RUBY.

GRAIN DRILL.

APPLIOATIOE FILED JAN. 2, 1907;

Patented Oct. 12, 1909.

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L. E. RUBY.

GRAIN DRILL.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2, 1907.

Patented Got. 12,1909.

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LUTHER E. ROBY, or Home, ILLINOIS.

GRAIN-DRILL.

Specification of Letters IEatent.

Patented Oct. 12, 1909.

Application filed January 2, 1907. Serial No. 350,524.

To all whom a may concern:

Be it known that I, LUTHER E. Roux, a citizen of the United States,residing at Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Grain-Drills; and Idohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has reference to grain drills, and has for its object adrop-frontframe to which may be interchangeably attached the draw-barsor hangers of double and single disks, or hoe or shoe furrow openers.

A further object of the invention is a drop-front-frame for grain-drillsto which may be attached a series of draw-bars or hangers of double andsingle disks, or hoe or shoe furrow openers; whereby one or more of saiddraw-bars" with their attachments may be detached from said frameWithout the necessity of detaching or removing the remainder of saiddraw-bars. or hangers.

The invention has for its further object a drop-front-frame forgrain-drills to which may be interchangeably attached a series 'ofdraw-bars or hangers of the various forms of furrow openers; said framecontaining a tubular cross-brace suitably secured at its opposite endsto the drop-frame and to a hanger for the journal-boxes of the axle.

For a further and full description of the invention herein and themerits thereof, and

also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction, of the meansfor efiecting the result, reference is had to the following descriptionand drawings hereto attached.

While the essential and characteristic features of the invention aresusceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of theinvention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my dropfront-frame for grain-drills;also showing a grain box in elevation and a single disk 5 with itsdraw-bar or hanger connected with said frame; Fig. 2 is a cross-sectionof the drop-front-frame, as the same would appear if taken on the line00-00, of Fig. 3, and showing a shoe furrow opener with its drawbar orhanger connected with said frame; Fig. 3 is a plan view ofthedrop-frontframe, omitting the grain-box and wheels and showing thetongue or pole connected therewith and the axle; also, showing in dottedlines the forward portions of the draw-bars or hangers connected withdisks and shoe or hoe furrow openers; Fig. 4: is a detail elevation ofthe forward portion of the drop-front-frame showing the cleats orbrackets with which the draw-bars or hangers are adapted to beconnected; Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail elevation of one of the hangersfor the journal boxes; Fig. 6 is an elevation of the drop-front-frame,similar to Fig. 1, except that a hoe furrow opener is shown with itsdrawbar or hanger connected to the frame, and Fig. 7 is an enlargedsectional .detailin plan, showing the manner of rigidly connecting theopposite ends of the tubular brace to the sides of the frame.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout thedrawings.

The drop-front-frame referred to, is preferably made of angle-steelfront and side frame parts 1 and 2. The frame parts 2 having thesubstantially horizontal portions 3 and downwardly inclined or slopingforward portions 4, which are connected with the opposite ends of thepart 1, in the brackets 5.

To the frame parts 2 are suitably connected hangers or brackets 6, whichhave depending ears 7 in which are loosely carried, journal boxes 8through which opposite ends of an axle 9 are carried supporting groundwheels 10, the latter shown in dotted lines in Figs. 1, 2 and 6; and 11denotes the usual form of grain-box, although the details of the samehave not been illustrated, nor the manner of conveying grain to thefurrow openers beneath, several forms of which have been referred to andillustrated. The seeding devices form no part of this invention, nor dothe furrow openers, except so far as their draw-bars or hangerscooperate with the front-drop-frame.

12 denotes a tubular-cross-piece for bracing and rigidly connecting theframe parts 2, being connected with the forward portions of the hangers6 and the portions 3 of said frame parts 2. The hangers 6 are eachprovided with a seat 13 for the ends of said cross-piece 12 and with anear 14 lying adjacent to the said cross-piece 12, as shown in Fig. 7 Themanner of securing the tubular cross-piece 12, to the frame and hangersis as follows: A bolt 15 is passed transversely 'bolt.

through the opposite ends of the cross-piece 12, also through an eye 16,of an eye-bolt 17 disposed in said cross-piece l2, and through the car 11 of the hangers 6; the bolt being retained in such connection by meansof a nut 18, engaging the threaded end of said The eye-bolt 17 has itsthreaded end passed through the hanger 6 also the frame part 2, as seenin Fig. 7, and a nut 19 engaging the same rigidly secures, hangers andframe parts 2 together. The bolt 15 securing the cross-piece 12 to thehanger 6, and the eye-bolts 17 through their connection with the bolts15, drawing the ends of the cross-piece 12 and frame parts 2 together.

The parts 1 and 2 of the frame are braced by means of the reaches orstraps 20 carried diagonally from the portions at of the parts 2 to thepart 1, and secured to the same in some suitable manner; and by means ofbraces 21 attached at one end to the tubular-cross-piece 12 and havingtheir opposite ends connected with the portion 1 of the frame.

A pole is indicated as 22, its inner end connected to the lower side ofthe center of the cross-piece 12, by means of a hanger 23, and passingforward and above the portion 1 of the frame is connected and bracedtherefrom by means of the straps 24 and 25, see Figs. 2, 3 and 6.

Connected to the inner face of the frame part 1, and spaced at suitableintervals apart thereon,is a series of cleats 26, each having a pair ofspaced and forwardly projected ears 27. To these cleats and particularlythe ears thereof are pivotally connected the upper and forward ends ofthe draw-bars 'or hangers of the different forms of furrow openers; thesingle-disk referred to as 28, see Fig. 1; the shoe referred to as 29,see Fig. 2, and the hoe referred to as 30, see Fig. 6. The connect-ionof the double-disk with the frame being similar to that shown in thesingle-disk, it has not been thought necessary to illustrate the same.The drawbars connected with the diflerent furrow openers, althoughslightly different in form, have been referred to generally as 31. Eachof said draw-bars 81 are composed, preferably of a pair of divergingarms, which are pivotally connected with adjacent cleats 26, see Fig, 3.That is to say, one arm of each draw-bar is pivotally connected with acleat, which has also connected therewith an arm of an adjacentdraw-bar; one bolt being preferably employed for connecting the armsaforesaid of adjacent draw-bars with a single cleat, as best seen inFig. 3.

Experience has demonstrated that drills of the type herein referred to,work better, if the furrow openers are hitched to their carrying frame,either with a long draw-bar where they can be hitched high, orprefercross-piece,

ably by the use of short draw-bars, to make a compact machine, whichenables the furrow openers to run smoothly.

Where there is a demand for a high wheeled machine, it has been a customto furnish a long hitch for the furrow openers with the frame, or inorder to make the machine compact with the draw-bars reasonably short,drop hangers have been used depending from a straight front frame. Thisconstruction was objected to not only because of the additional. weight,but because of the additional expense.

lVith the use of drop-hangers, the drawbars of the furrow openers wereall strung on one rod extending through the draw-bars and drop-hangers,and, if through breakage or bending, it was desired to remove one of thefurrow openers, at or near the center, or in fact, at any point betweenthe ends of the machine, it was necessary to practically tear down themachine in order to remove such furrow-qpeuers; but with a design offrame such as I show, and the manner of connecting the draw-bars to thecleats of the frame, a furrow opener may be removed from any point onthe frame without being compelled to remove any others in order to getat the one desired.

Vith the old style of frame, to be able to connect different styles offurrow openers thereto, it was necessary to furnish different styles ofdrop-hangers to suit the connection of furrow opener and as the hoefurrow opener has to have a very low hitch in front, it has never beenfeasible to interchange a hoe furrow opener for a disk furrow opener, onthe same frame.

h'lanufacturers furnish drills of the types herein with the furrowpenersspaced at different distances apart, usually six, seven and eight inchesapart. In order to make the same furrow opener work on all the differentsizes of drills, that is to say, the furrow openers with the samedraw-bar connec tions at their forward ends, the cleats 26, referred to,are made as follows: on a machine where the furrow openers are spacedsix inches apart, the cleats are preferably one inch wide; seven inchesapart, two inches wide, and eight inches apart, three inches wide; itbeing understood that the connecting bolts are of different lengths.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. A frame support for grain drills, comprising the parts 1 and 2, theparts 2 having substantially horizontal portions and sloping forwardportions, connections between the parts 1 and 2, hangers secured to theparts 2, a tubular brace for connecting the parts 2, bolts securing theends of said brace to said hangers, and connections between said boltsand the parts 2.

2. A frame support for grain drills, comprising the parts 1 and 2, theparts 2 having substantially horizontal portions and sloping forwardportions, connections between the parts 1 and 2, hangers secured to theparts 2, a tubular brace for connecting the parts 2, bolts securing theends of said brace to said hangers, connections between said bolts andthe parts 2, and means for connecting the draw bars of furrow openers tothe part 1.

3. In combination with a pair of parallel frame parts, a hanger securedto each of said frame parts, a tubular brace, bolts securing the ends ofsaid brace to said hangers, I

and eye bolts passing out of the ends of said brace, hanger and frameparts, and having the eye thereof looped about said first mentionedbolt.

4:. A frame support for grain drills, comprising metallic side frames, ametallic front frame, brackets for uniting the sides and front frames,hangers attached to said side frames, an axle having bearing in saidhangers, and a tubular brace having its opposite ends connected withsaid hangers.

5. A frame support for grain drills, comprising side and front framemembers suitably united, hangers attached to and depending from saidside frames, loosely carried journal boxes on said hangers, an axlejournaled in and passing through said boxes, 'seats'formed on saidhangers, a brace having its opposite ends connected with the seats ofthe hangers, and means for uniting the ends of the brace with thehangers.

6. In a frame support for grain drills, the combination of side framemembers formed with horizontal portions and inclined portions, a frontframe member, brackets for securing said side and front frame memberstogether, hangers secured to and depending from said side frame, an axlehaving a bearing in and passing through said hangers, a tubular brace, arest on each hanger for the ends of the brace, means for fixedlysecuring the ends of the brace to the hangers, a pole secured to thebrace and extending forwardly above the front frame member, and bracesbetween front frame member and said pole.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

LUTHER E. ROBY.

Witnesses:

CHAS. W. LA Pon'rn, J. M: ANDERSON.

